Mad Scientists to meet on campus weekly

After a yearlong hiatus, MHCC has a science club once more.

With the intention of keeping with two activities scheduled per week, the Mad Scientist Club is determined to be an active club on campus, said club president Jeremy Likens.

Members of the group and 31 other MHCC students visited OMSI to see the exhibit, Bodyworks, in the first week of March. And because of the efforts of the Mad Scientists, Laird Sheldahl, anatomy and physiology instructor at MHCC, accompanied the group to the museum to provide additional insight and be of service to the group in any way he could.

Having a guest speaker at every event is a feature of the club that Likens said he is determined to make permanent. At this week’s Extreme Cave Diving video presentation on Tuesday, Likens contacted and convinced the only certified science diver in the state to come watch and lecture with the club.

Today, the club will be investigating physics in Room 2515 from 3-6 p.m.
The club’s meetings will follow the following format: Tuesdays will have a lecture or a video and Friday will have a lab-based activity.

On Tuesday, the club will meet for NOVA: Riddles of the Sphinx, from 5-7 p.m. in Room 1600.

“The goal is for the two activities to link up,” said Likens, who is motivated to make the Mad Scientists Club a club that provides events students can get into.
Future events include another trip to OMSI for Astronomy Day, a focus on the Audubon Society, and Nova: the Pluto Files.

Activities for next month are scheduled and information can be found at Facebook: MHCC Mad Scientists, Twitter: @MHMadScientists and Likens encourages students to drop in for a meeting, every Wednesday at noon in room 2556.